a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVUOVx7QDhfyM44BmI5QyS_LRs9zbtYhHXa64RjxzZ2XIakgMdoYmDBY7RiGyPMfpycW1iYibJvzZBTisUcWNLjMu62FLLqUfuhnjLxfu3HfQjSPC2cntISttFwX7nJC8IrtB-gUk5eM/s1600-h/Janice4.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVUOVx7QDhfyM44BmI5QyS_LRs9zbtYhHXa64RjxzZ2XIakgMdoYmDBY7RiGyPMfpycW1iYibJvzZBTisUcWNLjMu62FLLqUfuhnjLxfu3HfQjSPC2cntISttFwX7nJC8IrtB-gUk5eM/s1600/Janice4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364372007757288994" border="0" //ap style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:130%;"In a letter to supporters, Arnold-Jones talks about increasing transparency, says New Mexico ‘can be so much more’/span/p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"State Rep. a href="http://www.janicearnoldjones.com/" target="_blank"Janice Arnold-Jones/a, R-Albuquerque, said today that she is running for governor next year and plans a formal announcement sometime in August./p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"“I am running,” Arnold-Jones said today in an interview./p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"She made her candidacy official in a href="http://www.haussamen.com/Janice_for_Governor.doc" target="_blank"a letter/a sent to supporters on Sunday./p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"“If you have not heard, I am running for Governor of the State of New Mexico,” Arnold-Jones wrote. “Why? Because New Mexico can be so much more! Because it is time for New Mexico to lead the Nation -- in energy, transmission, technology, agriculture, connectivity, education and prosperity.”/p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"“To engage that potential, we must inject sunlight into the way New Mexico governs and does business,” Arnold-Jones wrote. “Corruption costs in wasted resources, increased cost of doing business, increased taxes, ineffective or reduced government services, and repeated loss of opportunity.”/p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"The field of actual and potential GOP gubernatorial candidates is crowded. Doña Ana County District Attorney a href="http://www.da.state.nm.us/districts/third/index.html" target="_blank"Susana Martinez/a has declared her candidacy. Former state GOP Chairman a href="http://allenweh2010.com/" target="_blank"Allen Weh/a has formed an exploratory committee. Former U.S. Rep. a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Wilson" target="_blank"Heather Wilson/a and public relations professional a href="http://www.dwturner.com/about/?t=Douglas_W_Turneramp;m=2" target="_blank"Doug Turner/a say they are seriously considering running, and Turner has hired staff./p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"Arnold-Jones said she’s talking a “very practical” view of the race, adding, “you run until you can’t run.”/p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"“I am running, but I am cognizant that there may come a point, if you can’t raise money, there’s no point in running. If you can’t get traction in the polls, there’s no point,” Arnold-Jones said./p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"The lawmaker announced a href="http://haussamen.blogspot.com/2009/06/arnold-jones-wades-into-gubernatorial.html"in mid-June/a that she was forming an exploratory committee, but her campaign’s progress has been hampered by a necessary surgery to repair torn muscles in her leg. Arnold-Jones said her formal announcement is “pending me getting on my feet.” She added that she expects to make the announcement sometime in the second half of August./p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:130%;"‘We can do this’/span/p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"Arnold-Jones considered running for Congress last year but ultimately a href="http://haussamen.blogspot.com/2007/12/arnold-jones-will-seek-re-election-not.html"opted to seek re-election/a to her state House seat after she failed to raise as much money for a potential congressional run as she thought she needed to be successful./p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"Arnold-Jones’ stature increased when she led the charge earlier this year to a href="http://haussamen.blogspot.com/2009/04/momentum-for-reform-was-too-great-to.html"bring webcasting/a to the state Legislature, which many said helped create a climate ripe for the approval of other ethics reforms. For her work on webcasting, the a href="http://haussamen.blogspot.com/2009/02/looking-back-on-lady-sunlights.html"Santa Fe Reporter/a nicknamed Arnold-Jones “Lady Sunlight.”/p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"Arnold-Jones has also been instrumental in a href="http://haussamen.blogspot.com/2009/03/legislature-approves-housing-authority.html"the successful push/a for reform of the state’s scandal-plagued housing authority system./p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"In her Sunday letter, Arnold-Jones referenced her work on government transparency./p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"“Web casting my legislative committees was a start, but it is not enough,” she wrote. “Open government is a mind-set! We can do this AND we will make better decisions in full view of and with the input of all New Mexicans.”/p p class="MsoNormal"o:p /o:p/p p class="MsoNormal"On the Democratic side, Lt. Gov. a href="http://www.dianedenish.com" target="_blank"Diane Denish/a is the only declared 2010 gubernatorial candidate, though Senate Majority Leader a href="http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SSANC" target="_blank"Michael Sanchez/a says he’s formed an exploratory committee./pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23370090-1794408622787502158?l=haussamen.blogspot.com'//div
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